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David Byrne, the eccentric leader of the new wave institution of the 70s, Talking Heads, has just announced the extension of his current world tour celebrating the release of his next solo album, American Utopia . The added dates begin July 31 at the Blue Hills Bank Pavilion in Boston, Massachusetts, after its appearance in New Jersey for the XPoNential Music Festival.

The tour will include songs from Byrne's latest album, on March 9 through Todomundo / Nonesuch Records, with music from his days with Talking Heads. Byrne will be accompanied on stage by a band of twelve musicians in a highly choreographed performance, which the artist calls "the most ambitious show I've done since the shows that were filmed for Stop Making Sense " [19659002] On Twitter, Byrne gave us an idea of ​​what the stage of a show like this would be like. In the middle of an image of an empty blue stage, Byrne joins the current world tour to Stop Making Sense : "Here, it allows everyone to be mobile in an empty scenario" and imagines what that allows, "he tweeted in reference to the show.

The concept of show is simple, very similar to the concept of Stop Making Sense. There, it was "little by little show what it takes to make a show and then activate it." Here, it is "allowing everyone to be mobile in an empty scenario" and imagine what that allows. #AmericanUtopia pic.twitter.com/1BHShLcstl

The pre-sale access for the newly announced European titles of Byrne is available here for those who register before 12 p.m. EST on Wednesday, January 17. All purchases of tickets online in the US UU They come with a CD copy of the new album.

Watch the music video for Byrne's single "Everybody & # 39; s Coming To My House" below, followed by their extended tour dates, and revisit Paste notice coverage American Utopia here.